The year is 1985 and it’s an early morning in Tallahassee, Fla. A student and his teacher quietly float over the tops of trees in one of the numerous wildlife management areas that surround the city. The student, on a visit from Alaska, has no idea where they are, but the pilot does.

Pink, blue, yellow, purple, and green.

These are the colors that make up Gary Odom’s hot air balloon he calls Master Blaster.